J. C. Fargo

J. C. Fargo
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Pompey (en) , 5 Mayu 1829
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	New York, 8 ga Faburairu, 1915
Makwanci	Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (mul)
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifi	William C. Fargo
Yara	view James Francis Fargo (mul) William Congdell Fargo (mul)
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan kasuwa

James Congdell Strong Fargo (5 ga Mayu, 1829 - 8 ga Fabrairu, 1915) ya kasance shugaban Kamfanin American Express na tsawon shekaru 30, kuma ɗan'uwan Kamfanin American Express kuma wanda ya kafa Wells Fargo, William Fargo .

Rayuwar farko

An haifi Fargo a ranar 5 ga Mayu, 1829, a Watervale, New York, wani ƙauye mara tsari a Gundumar Onondaga, arewa maso gabashin Pompey . Shi ne na bakwai cikin yara goma sha ɗaya da William Congdell Fargo, na New London, Connecticut, da Stacy Chappel Strong suka haifa. Babban ɗan'uwansa, babban ɗan William da Stacy, shine William Fargo .

Sana'a

A shekara ta 1845, lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 15, ya ƙaura zuwa Buffalo, New York, don yin aiki ga ɗan'uwansa William, wanda ke gudanar da layukan gaggawa tsakanin Buffalo, Detroit, Michigan, da Albany, New York . Asalinsa magatakarda ne, daga ƙarshe aka ba Fargo aikin isar da fakitin kuɗi. A shekara ta 1847, an ba Fargo ikon kula da ayyuka a Detroit. Shekaru huɗu bayan haka, lokacin da aka tsara kamfanin a matsayin Wells Fargo & Company, an naɗa Fargo a matsayin Sufeto Janar na ayyukan Virginia.

A shekara ta 1855, an naɗa Fargo wakilin Chicago, Illinois, ga Kamfanin American Express, wanda ya gaji Wells, Fargo & Co. Daga nan aka ɗaukaka shi zuwa Babban Sufeto Janar na Sashen Arewa maso Yamma na kamfanin. Ya tafi birnin New York a shekara ta 1867 don ɗaukar muƙamin Babban Manaja na Kamfanin American Express. Ya zama shugaban ƙasa na uku na American Express bayan mutuwar William a shekara ta 1881, inda tsohon Wakilin Amurka Theodore M. Pomeroy ya ci gaba da zama mataimakin shugaban ƙasa. James shi ma abokin haɗin gwiwa ne, tare da William Fargo, na American Express. George Chadbourne Taylor ya gaje shi a matsayin shugaban ƙasa a shekara ta 1914.

Cekin Matafiyi

A wani lokaci tsakanin 1888 da 1890, J. C. Fargo ya yi tafiya zuwa Turai ya dawo cikin takaici da fushi. Duk da cewa shi ne shugaban American Express kuma yana ɗauke da wasiƙun bashi na gargajiya, ya ga yana da wahala a sami kuɗi a ko'ina, sai a manyan birane. Fargo ya je wurin Marcellus Flemming Berry ya roƙe shi ya ƙirƙiri mafita mafi kyau fiye da wasiƙar bashi ta gargajiya. Berry, wanda ya ƙirƙiro odar kuɗi ta gaggawa a 1882, ya ƙirƙiri Cekin Masu Tafiya na American Express, wanda aka ƙaddamar a 1891 a cikin ƙimar kuɗi na $10, $20, $50, da $100.

Rayuwa ta sirri

A ranar 15 ga Disamba, 1863, Fargo ta auri Frances Parsons "Fannie" Stuart. Fannie 'yar Kanar John Stuart ce ta Battle Creek, Michigan . Tare, su ne iyayen yara huɗu, ciki har da:

• William Congdell Fargo (1856–1941) wanda ya auri Mary Stockwell Preston (1857–1912).
• James Francis Fargo (1857–1937), wanda ya auri Jane Lindley King.
• Annie Stuart Fargo (1858–1884), wacce ta auri William Duncan Preston (1859–1920)

Biyu daga cikin 'ya'yansa sun yi aiki a American, National, da Westcott Express Companies. Ɗansa William shine Sakatare, ɗansa kuma James shine Ma'ajin Kuɗi .

Matarsa Fannie ta rasu a ranar 31 ga Agusta, 1896.

JC Fargo ya mutu a gidansa, 56 Park Avenue a birnin New York, a ranar 8 ga Fabrairu, 1915. Bayan jana'iza a Cocin St. Barnabas, an binne shi a Makabartar Sleepy Hollow da ke Sleepy Hollow, New York .